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Elagabalus

203 - 222

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c. 204 – 13 March 222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus ( EL-ə-GAB-ə-ləs) and Heliogabalus ( HEE-lee-ə-, -⁠lee-oh-), was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. His short reign was notorious for religious controversy and alleged sexual debauchery. A close relative to the Severan dynasty, he came from a prominent Syrian Arab family in Emesa (Homs), Syria, where he served as the head priest of the sun god Elagabal from a young age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elagabalus is the 272nd most popular politician (up from 273rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Syria (down from 1st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Syrian Politician.

Elagabalus is most famous for his religious reforms, which included the introduction of a new god, Elagabal, to the Roman pantheon.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elagabalus ranks 272 out of 19,576. Before him are Mehmed IV, Enver Hoxha, Konrad Adenauer, Frederick IX of Denmark, Paul von Hindenburg, and Mehmed I. After him are Olav V of Norway, Edward the Martyr, Lucius Verus, Slobodan Milošević, Pratibha Patil, and Augusto Pinochet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 203, Elagabalus ranks 2. Before him is Plotinus.  Among people deceased in 222, Elagabalus ranks 1. After him are Ma Chao, Julia Soaemias, Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Huang Gai, Bardaisan, Ma Liang, Annia Faustina, and Hierocles.

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    Plotinus

    PHILOSOPHER

    203 - 270

    HPI: 82.09

    Rank: 1

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    Elagabalus

    POLITICIAN

    203 - 222

    HPI: 81.84

    Rank: 2

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Elagabalus ranks 3 out of 210. Before him are Hafez al-Assad (1930), and Bashar al-Assad (1965). After him are Pope Gregory III (700), John of Damascus (676), Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Pope Anicetus (70), Philip the Arab (204), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), and Julia Domna (160).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Elagabalus ranks 3. Before him are Hafez al-Assad (1930), and Bashar al-Assad (1965). After him are Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Philip the Arab (204), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Marwan II (688), Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Muawiya II (661).

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